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Wireless devices guaranteed to work with Linux operatin systems like Ubuntu, Fedora, Open SuSE, Debian CentOS and many others
You don't have to spend months researching the best Linux wireless devices because we're doing it for you
There are loads of different wireless cards out there, a whole host of Linux distributions, different hardware and network providers. So how do you know which is the best Linux wireless solution for you?
Simple - you ask us. We're the experts and we only sell wireless devices we know will work for you. All of the wireless cards on this page will work with most current releases of Linux and practically any hardware set up including 32 and 64 bit. If the card you are looking for is not on this page then that might be because we have had trouble making it work in some environments.
So buy assured.
- D-Link 54 Mbps Wireless PCI card
- D-Link 54 Mbps Wireless PCMCIA card
- D-Link 54 Mbps Wireless USB stick
- Buffalo wireless access point and router
- Buffalo wireless access point and router flashed with tomato
- Netgear ADSL Wireless Router
- Netgear Wireless Router
- Netgear Open Source Router
- WiFi Specials
- MSI RT2500 54 Mbps Wireless PCMCIA card
D-Link 54 Mbps Wireless PCI card
£23.50
If you have a desktop computer running Linux that you want to add wireless to, and you are happy to open the case on your desktop or tower PC, this is the wireless device that will give you Linux wireless (requires a PCI slot).
If you're looking to make Ubuntu wireless or Open SuSE, Fedora 12 or Linux Mint wireless on your desktop PC, or server, then this PCI card is what you want.
So far, the following Linux distributions have been tested and provide out of the box, un-encrypted or WEP or WPA2 support:
- Ubuntu Linux 9.10
- Ubuntu Linux 9.04
- Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS
- Kubuntu Linux 9.10
- Fedora 12 Linux
- Open SuSE 11.2
- Linux Mint 8
- Linux Mint 7
Don't see the version of Linux that you want to add wireless to...
Please do drop us an email and we'll be happy to test and confirm the card works in your preferred distribution.
Distributions that are supported with a (very) small amount of effort
- Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (Lenny)
- Centos 5.4
The price you pay includes recorded delivery within the UK, and VAT. There are no hidden extra costs.
D-Link 54 Mbps Wireless PCMCIA card
£23.46
Whether you use Ubuntu, Fedora SuSE or another popular distribution. This PCMCIA card is ideal if you want to make laptops with a cardbus or PCMCIA slot Linux wireless. Again offers great coverage at a great price for the laptop user.
The price includes recorded delivery within the UK, and VAT. There are no hidden extra costs.
D-Link 54 Mbps Wireless USB stick
£23.46
The most versatile way to go Linux wireless on a desktop, tower or laptop computer with USB ports. Requires USB 2.0 for full speed.
The price includes recorded delivery within the UK, and VAT. There are no hidden extra costs.
See below for a YouTube Clip showing how to use this USB stick to make Ubuntu wireless in version 9.10, Karmic Koala (more howtos for other distributions to follow).
The same technique works if you want to make Fedora wireless too.
Buffalo wireless access point and router
£41.87
This neat Buffalo device is a broadband router, bridge and 802.11b/g wifi access point. It has an ethernet WAN port to connect to your Cable or DSL modem (or network) and 4 ethernet LAN ports. It is the extra power model: we've used it ourselves to provide excellent wifi coverage at more than one UK FLOSS conference. It comes with the standard Buffalo firmware: for a small extra charge we can supply it flashed with Tomato - see below.
Buffalo wireless access point and router flashed with tomato
£48.17
This neat Buffalo device is a broadband router, bridge and 802.11b/g wifi access point. It has an ethernet WAN port to connect to your Cable or DSL modem (or network) and 4 ethernet LAN ports. It is the extra power model: we've used it ourselves to provide excellent wifi coverage at more than one UK FLOSS conference. Choose this option if you want it pre-flashed with tomato.
So what is the benefit of Tomato over the standard firmware?
Tomato is a small, lean and simple replacement firmware for Linksys' WRT54G/GL/GS, Buffalo WHR-G54S/WHR-HP-G54 and other Broadcom-based routers. It features a new easy to use GUI, a new bandwidth usage monitor, more advanced QOS and access restrictions, enables new wireless features such as WDS and wireless client modes, raises the limits on maximum connections for P2P, allows you to run your custom scripts or telnet/ssh in and do all sorts of things like re-program the SES/AOSS button, adds wireless site survey to see your wifi neighbors, and more.
Netgear ADSL Wireless Router
£81.07
This wireless router has four Ethernet ports on the local side, wireless and built in ADSL modem. Ideal for anyone using broadband running over a BT style phone line.
Netgear Wireless Router
£58.75
This wireless router has four Ethernet ports on the local side, one for the DSL or ADSL modem connection and wireless.
Netgear Open Source Router
£64.62
Netgear have embraced the Open Source ethos and are providing this DSL router.
It has four Ethernet ports on the local side, one for the DSL or ADSL modem connection and wireless.
WiFi Specials
From time to time we get some special offers: either not-to-be-repeated bargains or unusual specification devices.
MSI RT2500 54 Mbps Wireless PCMCIA card
£14.99An alternative to the D-Link PCMCIA. With GPL drivers these are ideal for freedom lovers and at this low cost, budget conscious laptop users are well catered for too!
More detailed information about the wireless devices can be found here.
All the above devices offer out of the box support in Ubuntu 7.10 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, GOS and Fedora 12.
Supports Suse 10.3, 11.0 and 11.1 If connected at install time, otherwise the supplied firmware disk needs to be loaded.
Slackware 12.1, 12.2
Scripts available for most other distributions.
Although we haven't tried every flavour, it's pretty fair to say that, provided you aren't using a really old version of the Linux kernel we can almost certainly get wireless up and running using devices supplied by The Linux Emporium.
So which is best?
For sheer flexibility the D-Link USB stick is hard to beat, range and signal strength are excellent and it comes with a handy USB dock for even more adaptability.
What about Windows support?
If you need to dual boot to legacy operating systems like Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7, most devices also come with an install disk for Windows. Legacy drivers are available on the web for the MSI, a link can be provided should you require it.
Are there any combinations we know don't work?
Yes, non of the D-Link cards work with Fedora 8 (or earlier) and derivatives ie Linpus.
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